United States v. Railway Employees' Department of American Federation of Labor

WIEKERSON, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by the United States under the general equity jurisdiction of the District Court, and under the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890 ( 26 Stat. 209), to restrain and enjoin the defendants, as an unlawful combination and conspiracy to obstruct and restrain interstate trade and commerce and the carriage of the United States mails upon and over the lines and systems of railroad transportation in the United States. The substance of the bill is set out in the opinion filed upon the granting of the temporary injunction. 283 Fed. 479. The substance of the…